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...sister of Representative Franklin William Fort? stumpspoke in the interests of their men. Candidate Frelinghuysen soon lost public interest, but the contest?gentlemanly and distinguished?between Dry Mr. Fort and Wet Mr. Morrow drew national attention. Yale's Professor Irving Fisher campaigned for Mr. Fort, Princeton's President John Grier Hibben spoke for Mr. Morrow. Beneath the high-toned surface, however, Dry leaders and Republican machine bosses, upset by the diversity of major candidates (one John A. Kelly also ran), battled for their political lives. The Anti-Saloon League, realizing that Candidate Morrow's reputation, coupled with his clearcut...
President Lowell and President John Grier Hibben of Princeton were among the most prominent guests of honor at the inauguration of Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, eminent physicist and educator, as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Eastman Court on the Charles River Campus yesterday afternoon. President Lowell spoke briefly at the exercises, stressing the pioneer work done by M. I. T. in the field of technical education, and the public service it has rendered. President Hibben brought a welcome from Princeton, where Dr. Compton had served on the faculty prior to his elevation to his present post...
Another institution that some Princetonians have long awaited came into existence last week. President John Grier Hibben, in the presence of 1,100 members of the Alumni Association and faculty, accepted from Architect David K. Este Fisher Jr. the keys to the new McCarter Theatre, with the same grace and dignity which he exhibited upon the occasion of the dedication of the $2,000,000 chapel 2 years...
...ideals are cultural, racial and spiritual unity. Prominent U. S. Threefolders: Robert Norwood, dynamic rector of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Manhattan; Joseph Fort Newton, famed Philadelphia divine; Banker Paul Moritz Warburg; Journalist Louis Wiley (New York Times); Negro Author James Weldon Johnson; Kansan William Allen White; John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University...
...proportion for other professions is 46 to 1; for skilled labor 1,600 to 1; for unskilled labor 48,000 to 1 (figures based on 1922-23 edition of Who's Who). Famed sons of clergymen: Henry Van Dyke, William Lyon Phelps, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Otis Skinner, John Grier Hibbeii, Irving Fisher, Charles Evans Hughes...